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> Even Facebook is using text, The problem with the text-only approach is that you can't change the layout or the names of the functions visible to the user i

> Even Facebook is using text, The problem with the text-only approach is that you can't change the layout or the names of the functions visible to the user in your app or you'd face a severe backlash or blowout from your user. But in the case of icons, you could still move things around and the user would find it less demanding to locate the new place of the function by identifying the pictogram quickly taking into account that we humans are better equipped to identify pictograms and shapes than text very quickly and efficiently. PS: Assuming a conventional method or approach to this problem and not a hybrid or innovative one.

the8472 11y ago
> or you'd face a severe backlash or blowout from your user. https://xkcd.com/1172/ https://xkcd.com/1172/ UIs undergo changes, them staying the same for all eternity is not a promise anyone wants to make.
Silhouette 11y ago
But in the case of icons, you could still move things around and the user would find it less demanding to locate the new place of the function by identifying the pictogram quickly FYI, this is almost certainly not true. Research suggests that users only recognise a very limited set of icons in an application, and where there are extensive toolbars full of different icons, it is often the position that the user is recognising more than the icon itself. Thus reorganising things like toolbars can have a profound negative effect on usability, and it seems likely (though I'm speculating now) that this would be much worse than something like reordering text items in a menu.